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Best thing I've ever played...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is really awsome! I've already beat it 5 times (3 on Normal level and 2 on Expert level) I've gotten every trinity, all pups, and even managed to make that ... Ultima Weapon. ... I even have a poster hanging up in my room of this game. Okay, enough about my obsestion! Reasons for getting this game: You can see many Disney and FF characters,the graphics are awsome, it's fun to go to Neverland and just fly around, plus you get to beat up stuff with a wicked Keyblade!! If you like Disney, Squaresoft, RPG's, or just beating the .... out of stuff, then you'll like this game!

Simply a masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was instantly taken in by this game. Combine the magic of Disney with the action of Final Fantasy, and you have Kingdom Hearts.

The lives of three teens from the Destiny Islands are changed forever when the Darkness destroys their world. Sora, the main character, must not only seek out his friends, Riku and Kairi, but is named the Keyblade Master and is charged with saving the universe!

Teaming up with Donald, Goofy, and numerous Disney and Final Fantasy characters, Sora must travel through a plethora of worlds to seal them off from the Darkness and rescue the Princesses of Heart. What's a 14-year-old boy to do?!

Coolest PS2 game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I guess you could say I've had really good luck with RPGs. First, Golden Sun, the GBA game that became a classic in 2 weeks. Now, Kingdom Hearts. Okay so I don't have a PS2 but I rented one, and I rented Kingdom Hearts with it. I made it to Traverse Town (I would have gone farther, but I didn't get a memory card). The game had to be the coolest thing I had EVER seen. The graffix totally blew me away, the battle system was cool, it had a lot of variety, and it was so easy to understand. Of the three places I managed to get to, I liked Denstiny Island the best. I was a very laid back place, and lots of time to train and get the feel of the game. I have to say, It's the best game that SquareSoft has brought out yet. And the Disney Characters! They are so funky! Its the coolest game on the PS2 for sure!

More Then Expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright, when I first heard of this game some years back, I was pretty interested. Seeing as how Disney was involved, that meant that this game was free of all the mindless gore that seems to be becoming a large quantity of the market. So the Winter Holidays roll around, and I get this with the new PS2. BAM! Who would have thought?! The game itself starts out with an amazing movie, complete with its own song sung by the famous Hikaru Utada. "Simple and Clean" kicks it off, spinning you in a colorful 3-D world that seems way too life-like. This is right up there with Pixar, but better with people, I gatta say, this blows my mind.

After that, the graphics mellow down, but are still up to par to be one of the best. No flat faces, and no cubic arms, all round and smooth. Not only are the characters themselves amazingly detailed, but so is the scenery around. Seriously, I could just play this game for the looks alone, but I'm kinda a fanatic. Alright, so I've played up the graphics, but that's not all this game has to offer. You can change the game from the very beginning. By choosing one of three things (wand, shield, and sword) and disregarding one of the other two, you change what your beginning stats are. I myself chose to pick the wand and leave the shield. That meant I had more magic, but a weak defense, pretty tight, huh? Through a variety of other choices, you pick (kinda unknowingly) how fast you will level up, and other details. Did I mention before you play, you choose to play normal or advanced mode? So in truth, there are a number of possibilities that you could take to create it as your own.

Once you've customized yourself, you become immersed in a amazingly detailed story. Spyro is a nice tale, but this one really gets closer to human emotion and reasoning. Now don't run yet, even if you aren't into that, don't worry about it. You have to spend most of the game fighting battles, solving puzzles, and figuring out what to do next! If you want to get the guide book, go ahead, it'll help for the little side quests. But in reality, you don't need it, just look up on the internet when/if you get stuck. One of the better parts is, this is NOT a game you can finish in a weekend. And who wants that anyway? This goes on and on without loosing its charm. Once you think its all over, you find out you're only half way through. Isn't that the coolest?

All in all this is defiantly a game to get, because believe me, you won't be able to finish it if you rent. And don't worry about the sequels, Kingdom Hearts 2 the English edition promises sometime in 2005. Enjoy!

GREAT!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game so much....im a pretty big gamer...so let me say....THIS GAME IS AWESOME!! Soem may thinks...."what? disney characters in a game?!?"....relax...it's what makes the game fun. Some of your favorite disney characters and final fantasy characters are in the game...one after another as your playing you'll run into a character you know or have seen before and you'll be like...."hey! that's Cloud from FF7!!"

The plot line is awesome but i am dissapointed in how it all ended....i guess they did what they did to leave it open for the next game....but i would have liked a much happier end. Another thing i did not like was how easy the last boss was to fight...it was reddiculously easy for me and a let down...as i like a challenge. Even tho you fight him in like 5 sepearte battles before THE final battle...it's still no good...better luck next time guys.

Overall it is an entertaining game and will suck you into Sora's tale like a tornado. Play it...if you like final fantasy...you'll like Kingdom Hearts.

Kingdom Heaven

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ROCKS, AWESOME, SWEET? no words to describe how friggin awesome this game is. i love this game to a point where if it were a person i would hav...nevermind. the game is so *INSERT WORD HERE* that you could lock yourself up in your room and play for hours without getting bored. a total of about 12-13 worlds will ensure hours of sleepless gameplay (i myself have played for 3 days i think altogether). The story is awesome and will leave you questioning. this game will not make you smart but it will not make your mind war polluted like almost every other game. so in short buy this game. !)

Kingdom Hearts - An Incredible Adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A few years ago, I heard of the new game coming that would merge Disney with Squaresoft. I thought it would be a cheap, junky game. I thought Squaresoft had finally sold themselves out completely.

But then my brother came back after playing it somewhere else. He told me that we had to rent it. So we did, and I loved it. We must have rented it out from Blockbuster for 3 or 4 weeks, until finally we realized something: It would be cheaper just to buy the game, if we were going to keep playing.

So we bought it. Eventually, I finished it (Well almost, believe it or not I decided to stop and play FFX after losing twice against the final set of Ansem bosses, but I know the ending and stuff cause my friends all beat it).

A few years later, just a month ago, I decided to start playing it again. I decided to erase my old game file, and start a new one. And it is wonderful yet again. So I realized something. I must review it on Amazon. Give it my 5 stars. So here is my review:

Graphics: 4.5/5 Almost perfect. The cutscenes are incredible, and the graphics are probably the best I've seen on the PS2. I give it a 4.5 out of 5 because I am reserving a 5 rating for a game that breaks the boundaries of graphics.

Music: 5/5 Definitely the most brilliant soundtrack I've ever heard in a game. EVER. For most games, I just turn off the sound after a while because it gets boring. For this game, not only did I keep the sound on, I also ordered an Import Soundtrack, cause the American one wasn't out yet.

Story: 5/5 Incredible. And although the Gummi ship and some isn't explained in the normal game, the Final Mix version has Ansem Reports up to #13, that explain those things and more. And whatever is in the Final Mix version will come into the American KH2. Which means the explanations will just be next game. PERFECT story, for kids and adults.

Sound/Voices: 4.8/5. It is 5/5 for Voices, 4.5/5 for Sound. The voices are perfectly conveyed. The sound is wonderful, but not a breakthrough, so a 4.5/5.

Gameplay: 5/5 There is no way to convey the beauty of a game's gamelay. Just play it.

OVERALL: 5/5!

This game is great, and if you have the PS2, this will be an incredible investment!

Too lazy to think of a title, so I'm typing all of this out

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Growing up, I loved Disney, which I still do, and I became a fan of FF after I watched my now-ex-friend play FF7. One day in 2003 I was really bored and decided to browse through amazon. I saw the title "Kingdom Hearts" and thought it sounded kind of interesting. I clicked the link and started reading the description. To be honest, I thought the idea sounded stupid to blend Disney and FF together. However, as skeptical as I was, I started reading the reviews and the game started to interest me. I found myself wanting it more and more, review after review.

I believe I got this game in late 2003. I started playing it and wasn't quite sure how I felt about it. This was the game that I had been anticipating to receive, quickly opened and popped it in the PS2, but it didn't seem to be all that it was made to be. Then an hour or so into the game, I realized how much fun, yet challenging this game was. Of course it isn't as hard as other RPG's, but it is challenging. You have to control Sora, move him around, attack the enemy, all the while trying to make sure your HP gauge doesn't run out. To me, that was harder than having your characters stand in a row, choosing whether to attack or use magic (if magic, what magic to cast), and then waiting for all of your characters to attack and repeat.

Even though I started the game back in Dec. 2003, I didn't finish it until last night. It wasn't because I'm that terrible of a gamer, but because of certain circumstances, such as moving and losing the game. lol. Obviously, I foucn it and fianlly finished it. I can't wait to get the second one once it comes out in December and continue Sora's journey.

I know this review probably was pointless and useless, but the reason I started writing it..... If you haven't played this game yet, go get it now. It's actually much better than it may seem and the second one, as shown at the end of the credits of the first *wink* *wink*, looks to be even better!

The Single Best Video Game I Have Ever Played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nothing compares. Kingdom Hearts, developed by Square Enix, is simply phenomenal. I first came across this game when I was in second grade, and (amazingly) still love it today.

The story follows a young boy named Sora (voiced by acting veteran Haley Joel Osment). He lives on a tranquil island with his friends Riku and Kairi, but dreams of visiting other worlds and embarking on new adventures. One day, he gets his wish, and is whisked away to the homely Traverse Town. There, he meets two new friends (Disney's Donald Duck and Goofy). And so, their journey together begins. But it won't be smooth sailing. Can Sora, with the help of his friends, stop the evil beasts known as Heartless, and find the missing Riku and Kairi? With the strength of Sora's newfound Keyblade, it just might be possible. In the game, there is an interesting combination of Final Fantasy, (Cloud, Leon, Tidus, and others make appearances) and the colorful characters of Disney (Donald, Goofy, KIng Mickey Mouse, and many others).

The only minor gripe I have about this game is the graphics. They're good, but could be better. A lot of the characters look rather robotic, and not truly lifelike. On the other hand, the music is terrific, especially the original melodies composed solely for the game. They are very excellent, very moving.

The gameplay, also, is easy to learn, and fun once you do. Rather than using the X button to jump, (such is common in video games) you use the O button, which is a refreshing change. X is used to attack. In addition, you have an array of magic spells that you can make Sora cast, which will definitely kill some Heartless. This continues the Final Fantasy tradition.

Tournaments are a Kingdom Hearts pro as well. There are four of them, all held at Olympus Coliseum: the Phil Cup, Pegasus Cup, Hercules Cup, and (the most challenging) Hades Cup. Once you start one of those tournaments, you'll find yourself hooked on battling Heartless, round after exciting round.

But the game's true high point is the story. Some of the voice acting is not entirely realistic, but that actually enhances the engaging power of Kingdom Hearts's overall plot. It just gives the game this light, but powerful, feeling, like it's unsurpassed. It's really hard to explain. But, no matter how you look at it, you'll no doubt find that Kingdom Hearts is a truly great game. You won't find quality quite like this anywhere else.

MY FINAL SCORES:

Graphics: 4/5

Music: 5/5

Story: 5/5

Fun: 5/5

Overall: 5/5

CONCLUSION: A phenomenal game, well worth even the shy gamer's time. And since Kingdom Hearts II is already out, and a third game could possibly be released, the brilliant saga can continue.

NOTES: To unlock a special scene after the game's end credits, just do three things:

-Seal the Keyhole to every world (including Olympus Coliseum and 100 Acre Wood)
-Win the Hades Cup
-Recover all 99 dalmatian puppies (you can find them in various treasure chests scattered across worlds)

Trust me, the special scene is really cool (and it's not the one that shows Sora, Donald, and Goofy chasing Pluto down that pathway).

Excellent concept, shoddy gameplay.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 30
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has a great idea behind it. Putting characters from two beloved franchises (Final Fantasy and Disney) into a brand-new storyline with a few new, original characters is a stroke of genius, and it works well. The environments are colorful and perfectly capture the fantasy vibe; the original PSone models of old FF characters are brought to the next-gen world with great graphics and superb voice-acting. The story itself is also interesting. So I happily leapt into this game, really excited about the whole thing.

Then, something terrible happened: gameplay. Sora (the main character) moves so clunkily and imprecisely that both combat and exploration are a chore. If battles were turn-based in classic Square fashion, this would be easier to deal with, but they're not. They're done in real-time, meaning that you are never given a rest from the painful controls. No matter how fast I tapped the buttons or moved the control stick, Sora's attacks were always several steps behind my commands. And when I was platforming in the "exploration" segments, his pitiful jumps and tendency to keep moving once I released the analog stick was continually frustrating.

All this wouldn't be so bad if the game was forgiving enough to accomodate the interface, but that isn't the case. Indeed, the difficulty is actually harder than many games I've played with better control schemes. Enemies are whip-quick and surround you in a flash; platforms are tiny and widely spaced; and replenishing items are always in short supply.

Another complaint I have is that the puzzles don't make sense. Unlike better RPGs (Paper Mario 2, for example), where you can analyze the area and figure out what you're supposed to do, Kingdom Hearts gives you no clues. I would have been stumped within minutes if I didn't have the strategy guide to back me up. Like everything else in the game, the puzzles must be done perfectly, with no mistakes, or you have to start over. Seeing as you don't know if something is a mistake or not until you do it, this gets very tedious and frustrating.

Overall, playing this game felt like trying to dismantle a ticking time bomb with no tools, where touching one wire could mean death: stressful, confusing, and definitely not fun. And after a while, it doesn't even matter that the bomb is decorated with beloved characters and bright colors.

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